It was possible; and yet we had to trust her.
Atar called her back. “Which way do we go? We will get lost, girl. Will you go with us, until we get to open water?”
She would not. If Og knew what she had done he would kill her. But we could easily find our way. This tunnel led into the main cave. Everyone there would be asleep at this hour. We could slip unnoticed across the cave, up to that ledge and into that other tunnel which was familiar to us. From there we knew our way—through the shallow coral barrier, and up into the open Water of Wild Things.
“A monster may be there at the tunnel entrance,” I suggested.
She admitted it, but of that we had to take our chance.
“The girl speaks truth,” Atar said suddenly. “I like her. I believe her.”
Maaret’s smile answered him, but her worried gaze was still on the passageway by which at any moment now Og might arrive.
“We must go,” agreed Nona. And then she startled us all. She swam to Maaret.
“You are good,” she said. “I would not harm you.”
But Maaret shrank away. “You take my Og.”